Electric candlestick.



No. 661,456. Patented Nov. 6, I900.

L. F. Lewis. ELECTRIC CANDLESTICK.

(Application filed Jam 25, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES Parent FFICE.

LAWRENCE F. LEWIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLESG. TILL, OF SAME PLACE.

ELECTRIC CANCLESTHCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,456, dated November6, 1900.

Application filed January 25, 1900. Serial No. 2,730. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE F. Lnwis, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Electrio Candlesticks, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates especially to devicesemployed for portableillumination for any purpose, and has for its object the provision ofa'cheap, simple, neat, light, and compact electric candlestick.

To attain the desired end, my invention consists, essentially, incertain novel and useful combinations or arrangements of parts andpeculiarities of construction and opera tion, all of which will behereinafter first fully described and then pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is avertical sectional view of an electrical candlestick embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal View at line a: a: of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference, wherever they occur, indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

I have shown my invention as embodied in a sheet-metal candlestick ofthe simplest form; but it is obvious that the device may be made of anyother approved material and ornamented and beautified in any desiredmanner.

1 is the base of the candlestick, having a carrying-ring 2 thereon. 3 isa vertical cylinder secured to the base 1. 4 is a tube or divided partwithin the cylinder 3, at the side thereof. 5 is a dry battery whichfits within the cylinder 3. 6 and 7 are the respective poles of thebattery. 8 is a spring-contact arranged to engage with the pole 7 of thebattery and having a conductor 9 leading to a contact 10, fixed upon aninsulating-block 11 beneath the false bottom 12 of the cylinder 3. 13 isa spring-contact fixed to the inner side of the cylinder 3 and having aconductor 1%, which leads to a contact 15, also mounted on the base 1.16 is a switch-bar pivoted at 17, the inner end of said switch-bar beingarranged to close the circuit between the contacts and when'the outerextremity 18, located beneath the carrying-ring 2, is pushed to theright, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

' 20 is a metallic ring carrying an electric lamp 21, said ring screwinginto the upper extremity of the cylinder 3. 22 is an insulating-blockcarrying a contact-spring 23, arranged to come in contact with thebatterypole 6, the contact-spring 13 striking thering 20. 24 and 25 arethe lamp-contacts. The circuit is from the battery-pole 6, through thecontact 23, lamp, contact 25, ring 20, contact 13, conductor 14,switch-piece 18, and contac'ts 10 and 15, and the conductor 9, to thepole 7 of the battery.

26 is a ring which screws upon the outside of the top of the cylinder 3.This ring carries a shade or globe 27, which may be made of clear orcolored glass to suit the taste of the user. W' hen constructed,assembled, and arranged in accordance with the foregoing description, myimproved electric candlestick will be found admirably adapted to theuses and purposes for which it is intended wherever a safe, cheap,portable illuminant for periodical use is desired, as when the device isto be utilized the switch is turned by the finger, which engages withthe carrying-ring, causing the current to pass through the lamp. Whenthe light is no longer required, or at the time when the device is setdown or put away, the switch is reversed in movement, breaking theelectric circuit and extinguishing the lamp. If the battery becomesexhausted, the rings 26 and 20 are unscrewed and removed with theirattached parts, the battery changed for a new one, and the partsreplaced in a moments time and at a trifling expense.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An electric candlestick in which are comprised a foot or base providedwith a carrying-ring, a cylindrical casing attached thereto, a dryprimary battery within said casing,'

an electric lamp mounted upon the top of said casing, concealedconductors passing to the lamp and to contacts beneath the cylinder, anda concealed switch provided with an operating extension projecting frombeneath the cylinder, the whole arranged substantially as shown anddescribed.

Signed by me at New York, State of New York, this 22d day of December,1899.

LAWRENCE F. LElVIS. Witnesses:

A. M. PIERCE, CHAS. G. TILL.

